Lina Krasnoroutskaya

Lina Vladimirovna Krasnoroutskaya (Russian: Лина Владимировна Красноруцкая listenⓘ; born 29 April 1984) is a retired tennis player.

[2] She kept dominating the U14 circuit in the Tennis Europe Junior Tour throughout the rest of the year as she successfully defended all three of her 1997 titles; in Geneva, Arezzo, and Moscow;[3] and then reached the final of the European Junior Championships in both singles and doubles, beating Scarlett Werner in the former, while losing the latter paired with Galina Fokina.

[1] After a successful year in 2001, when she reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros (seventh youngest player ever to do so) and the Wimbledon Championships last 16, as the world No.

However, a shoulder injury at the end of 2003, then a liver condition in 2004, followed by stomach problems at the start of 2005 meant that she had considered (March 2005) whether to continue on the pro tour.

Despite her injuries, she has earned almost $1 million in prize money, has represented her country at both junior and senior level, reached a WTA Tier I final in Canada (2003), a semifinal appearance at Wimbledon in the doubles with Elena Dementieva (having beaten the Williams sisters on centre court in the third round) and runner-up at the US Open in 2003 in the mixed-doubles with Daniel Nestor, who had three match points.